Category Archives: Canning
Cracked the 1000 Jar mark today in this years canning!
Yahoo!!! With today’s canning, and the last batch in the canner as I write, I have put up 1025 jars so far this year, my goal is to get to at least 1200 plus and its clearly within reach at … Continue reading
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Ah the joys of wild harvesting..
So this spring, my Dear Hubby was thrilled to find a new patch of my wild plum bushes and he has been checking them off and on thought the season, and was very excited to do the first pick, now … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Soft Fruits, Wild Foods
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Fall Garden Stew-Canning
Lots and Lots of Tomato’s Ready-Check Boatload of green peppers ready-Check Yellow and Green Beans by the bowlful-Check Potato’s died down and ready to harvest-Check Carrots-small but o so sweet-Check Turnips-Love the flavor to this-Check Butternut Squash or any other … Continue reading
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Making Homemade Stew and Canning it for future use
Fall Lamb Stew Recipe (this is the single regular pot for family eating, X4 for canning) 1 pd of stewing lamb meat 1 large diced onion 2 diced garlic cloves 3 quarts of lamb bone broth or make up beef flavored … Continue reading
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Farmgal Canning Tips
Just a few of my shelves with canning in my cellar, I have currently have eight sets of four shelves, each shelf can hold 200 pds evenly, each shelve fits four canning box’s for a total of 48 jars per … Continue reading
Making Homemade Grape Juice
Do you grow your own grapes? Do you hunt for wild grapes? What do you do with your grapes, fresh eating for some? Use the Grape Leaves in cooking? Do you make your own juice, jelly or do you make homemade … Continue reading
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Green Peppers, Red Peppers, Hot Peppers..
Well, I am working my way though 37 pds of Red Peppers, 41 pds of green peppers, 3 pds of hot peppers, to which I also have lots of onions and tomato’s to use if needed. I have green pepper … Continue reading
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An Apple a day..
Even if you missed looking for those stunning white to white-pink flowers in your spring walks and travels, when if you wanted to wild harvest fruit, you should in fact have a local map marked with lots and lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Frugal, Fruit Trees, Garden, Wild Foods
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Current Canning Update for 2011
I just loved Andrea`s current count on her canning for the year, she is putting up for her family and it all sounds so yummy, I figured that some folks might not know that I have a Canning Log on … Continue reading
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Tagged 100 mile food challange, Canning, Food Production and Recipes, Garden
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Tag teaming the pressure canner and the water bath canner..
Thankfully, being the weekend, I have my DH also tag-teaming the work, I know that it may seem silly but I do wish that I had a few little ones to be sharing this knowledge with, I wish that my … Continue reading
Just another Day on the Farm 